road design
Roads that are designed to kill
Fri, 08/21/2009 - 11:42am | by mides
Queens Blvd AKA the Blvd of death
Oped in the Boston Globe:
"Most people think we are doing all that can be done to keep our roads safe. They are wrong. Road traffic injuries kill more than a million people a year worldwide, including 40,000 a year in the United States. We will continue to have drivers who are too young or too old, too distracted, or too bold, but we can change our roads so they help protect both drivers and pedestrians. Reaching Vision Zero may take us a while but how in the world could we ever justify not starting now?" Read more >
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